Message from @April
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at which point we arrive at the "how do you prevent opposing ideologies from attacking"
so some anarchists have gotten the idea to *use* capitalist systems to help enforce anarchism
So someone takes a gun and says "well i control this land now and if you dont like it you die"
at least for the time being
right
that's how capitalism functions
you basically have to threaten the person
Which is against anarchism?
in today's society we abstract that threat
we go "if you dont' get off my land, I'll call the police who will then hurt you"
right
so how some anarchists go about fixing this problem is by owning things under capitalism, but then making access anarchistic
in copyright terms this is called "copyleft"
the idea is that using the copyright system they say that anyone can use it, but they *must* also adopt the copyleft model
for copyrighted works and software it works well, since anyone who uses it then provides their changes for everyone else
for physical stuff we can see groups that buy land and then allow people to squat there
or buy food and share it with the poor
and of course anarchists still participate in capitalism (we have to pretty much)
so we all have our own things as well
I see
but we can still try to adopt anarchist ideas
one big issue people tend to have is "I don't want to share my toothbrush" or whatever
which the anarchist response is: we have more than enough products for everyone to have one
something like phones we have so many of that not all of them can be used at once
no need to share
though we *could* go further and say things like game consoles or tvs can be shared
even though it's largely unneeded
Well
the sharing would cut down on production which can help drive a sustainable economy
if a group wants to be in power they can do it just like that
usually anarchists are also anti-consumption
right
anarchists don't want to be "in power"
we want to live freely
IMO having everyone able to live comfortably and freely is much more important than letting a minority enforce their will onto others
it's a long road to get to the world I envision, but IMO it's worth it
Not everyone is an anarchist tho
and some people will want power
and get it easily
the question I hve for those people is: why?